In Search of Portland's Greatest Vietnamese Takeaway

It all began with a slippery container of dipping sauce and a dream too spicy to ignore. Now, a ragtag band of sauce-splattered seekers will scour the city in pursuit of the ultimate Vietnamese takeaway.

Your mission: retrieve one glorious Vietnamese dish from your favorite local spot and bring it to the potluck. That’s it. No cooking. No sous vide. Just you, your tastebuds, and a heroic journey from parking lot to flavor destiny.

How to Survive the Vietnamese Takeaway Trials:

📝 RSVP & Commit
This is not a drill. If you’re not willing to fight through traffic for perfect pho, this isn’t your night.

🥡 Bring a Takeaway Signature Dish
Choose wisely, pick it up yourself, and present it like the sacred snack that it is. We’re not accepting “vibes” - we want verified flavor.

🍴 Bring Your Own Serving Utensils
If you forget, your dish will be served with a plastic coffee lid and the shame of a thousand hungry stares.

💬 Post Your Dish in the Comments Section
If three people show up with pork vermicelli, we’re hosting an elimination round judged by sass and sriracha. The winner gets glory; the loser gets chopstick counseling.

❗ Need to cancel? Tell us three days ahead of time.
Ghosting us will result in your dish being replaced with gas station “spring rolls.” And your name whispered ominously every time someone spills hoisin.

⚠️ Known Side Effects:
🧻 Brief but intense need for emergency napkins… and therapy.
🧛‍♂️ Declaring fish sauce the new holy water.
💅 Rebranding yourself as “The Pho-nomenon” on social media.

🌟 Sign up now and fulfill your spicy, citrusy, herb-forward destiny.